[Ord. No. 521, § 8-1(a), 7-27-1976]
The commissioner, with reference to state highways, and the
City, with reference to highways under its jurisdiction, may, by proclamation,
designate as through highways any highway, street or part thereof
and erect stop signs or yield signs at specified entrances thereto,
or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield
intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances
to such intersection.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-3, 7-27-1976]
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver
of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked
stop line, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting
roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the
intersecting roadway before entering it. After having stopped, the
driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection
or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within
the intersection or junction of roadways.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-3, 7-27-1976]
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience
to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions
and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked
stop line, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting
roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the
intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping,
the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection
or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the
intersection or junction of roadways. Provided, however, that if a
driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection
or junction of roadways after driving past a yield sign without stopping,
such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his failure
to yield the right-of-way.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-5, 7-27-1976]
(a)
Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade
crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the
driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than
15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed
until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply
when:
(1)
A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives
warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
(2)
A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad
train;
(3)
A railroad train approaching within approximately 1,320 feet
of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance
and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such
crossing, is an immediate hazard; or
(4)
An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
(b)
No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing
gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed. No person shall drive any
vehicle past any human flagman at a railroad crossing until the flagman
signals that the way is clear to proceed.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-6, 7-27-1976]
The state highway department and the City, with respect to highways
under their respective jurisdictions, are hereby authorized to designate
particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to
erect stop signs thereat. When such stop signs are erected, the driver
of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet
from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon
exercising due care.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-7, 7-27-1976]
The driver of a bus carrying passengers, or of any school bus
carrying any school child, or of any vehicle carrying any chlorine,
empty or loaded cargo tank vehicles used to transport dangerous articles
or any liquid having a flashpoint below 200° F., cargo tank vehicles
transporting a commodity having a temperature above its flashpoint
at the time of loading, certain cargo tank vehicles transporting commodities
under special permits issued by the hazardous materials regulations
board and every motor vehicle which must have the following placards:
"Explosives," "poison," "flammable oxidizers," "compressed gas," "corrosives,"
"flammable gas," "radioactive" or "dangerous" before crossing at a
grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within
50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad
and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along
such track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the
approach of a train and shall not proceed until he can do so safely.
After stopping as required in this section and upon proceeding when
it is safe to do so the driver of any said vehicle shall cross only
in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually
changing gears while traversing such crossing and the driver shall
not manually shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
No stop need be made at any crossing described in the preceding
section at which traffic is controlled by a police officer for the
purposes of this section, a United States marshal shall be considered
a police officer.
[Ord. No. 521, §§ 8-2,
8-3, 7-27-1976]
Preferential right-of-way at an intersection may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in § 10-178.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-2, 7-27-1976]
Every stop sign and every yield sign shall be erected as near
as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side
of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, then as near as
practicable to the nearest line of the intersecting roadway.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-2, 7-27-1976]
Every stop sign shall bear the word "STOP" in letters not less
than eight inches in height. Every yield sign shall bear the word
"YIELD" in letters not less than six inches in height.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-2, 7-27-1976]
Every stop sign and every yield sign shall at nighttime be rendered
luminous by internal illumination or by a light projected on the face
of the sign or by efficient reflecting elements in the face of the
sign.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-2, 7-27-1976]
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or a traffic-control
signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection
indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk
on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no
crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none,
then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver
has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-2, 7-27-1976]
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required
for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the
near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk,
at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest
the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching
traffic on the intersecting roadway.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-4, 7-27-1976]
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, private
road or building within a business or residence district shall stop
such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto
the sidewalk area extending across such alley, building entrance,
road or driveway, or in the event there is no sidewalk area, shall
stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver
has a view of approaching traffic thereon.
[Ord. No. 521, § 8-1 (b), 7-27-1976]
The following streets and parts of streets are hereby declared
to be through streets for purposes of this chapter: Second Street
from west City limits to Second Avenue East. Broadway from Second
Avenue West to east City limits. Sixth Street from University Avenue
to west City limits. Eleventh Street from University Avenue to Dakota
Drive. Fourteenth Street from University Avenue to Dakota Drive. Eighteenth
Street from University Avenue to Dakota Drive. University Avenue from
Broadway to 26th Street. Main Street from Front Street to Eleventh
Street. Second Avenue West from Second Street to north City limits.
Sixth Avenue West from Second Street to Nineteenth Street. Ninth Avenue
West from Second Street to Eighteenth Street.
